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534:, Upper Chitral district has 26,365 households and a population of 195,528. The district has a sex ratio of 105.75 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 73.83%: 84.87% for males and 62.11% for females. 44,351 (22.73% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in rural areas.
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that encompassed the region until its incorporation into the Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan in 14 August 1947. The erstwhile Chitral District was bifurcated into Upper Chitral and Lower Chitral Districts in November, 2018.
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mountain range. Summers are pleasantly warm without ever getting too hot. Winters are extremely cold; longer periods with subzero temperatures are not uncommon. Precipitation figures here are higher than in other regions in
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In the 2023 census, 782 (0.40% of the surveyed population) people were from religious minorities, half
Christians and half 'Other' religions.
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which was the largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, covering an area of 14,850 km. Previously, it formed part of the
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99.84% of the population spoke languages recorded as 'Other' on the census. The main language is
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The district along with Lower
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are the dominant ethnic group in the district, forming 99.84% of the total population.
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Chitral Upper District. It shares a border with
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flows across the length of the district. Upper
Chitral District along with
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is spoken in the northern regions along the Afghan border.
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Chitral has a warm steppe climate influenced by the
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404:District to the southeast. A narrow strip of
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834:Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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792:Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
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601:Member of National Assembly
121:Location in the province of
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556:Administrative Divisions
616:Muttahida Majlis e-Amal
408:separates Chitral from
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206:District Administration
106:Qaqlasht Meadows above
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912:Upper South Waziristan
907:Lower South Waziristan
591:. Its constituency is
374:Chitral princely state
366:Lower Chitral District
323:Upper Chitral District
39:Upper Chitral District
438:Historical population
270:23/km (60/sq mi)
842:Provincial capital:
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267: • Density
27:District in Pakistan
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213:Deputy Commissioner
604:Party Affiliation
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259: • Total
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332:توری ݯھیترارو ضلع
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16:(Redirected from
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433:Demographics
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392:province of
380:The town of
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308:upperchitral
227:(BPS-18 PSP)
188:Headquarters
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1036:Central Dir
950:Kolai-Palas
562:Buni Tehsil
532:2023 census
394:Afghanistan
292:Numbers of
225:Shah Jahan
180:Established
1170:Categories
930:Abbottabad
639:References
530:As of the
422:Hindu Kush
410:Tajikistan
356:Kho people
254:Population
198:Government
1112:Charsadda
1066:Upper Dir
1046:Lower Dir
940:Battagram
708:15 August
398:Upper Dir
390:Badakshan
276:Time zone
1122:Peshawar
1117:Nowshera
1104:Peshawar
1051:Malakand
1018:Malakand
965:Mansehra
844:Peshawar
524:Sources:
427:Pakistan
348:district
174:Malakand
169:Division
149:Province
142:Pakistan
65:District
1148:Chitral
1132:Mohmand
1056:Shangla
1008:Orakzai
970:Torghar
945:Haripur
576:Mulkhow
572:Torkhow
516:195,528
505:169,297
494:133,815
452:±% p.a.
416:Climate
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303:Website
294:Tehsils
262:195,528
130:Country
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18:Yarkhun
1141:Former
1127:Khyber
1089:Mardan
1081:Mardan
1026:Bajaur
1003:Kurram
922:Hazara
578:Tehsil
542:Khowar
519:+2.43%
508:+1.25%
497:+2.57%
486:+2.21%
483:86,919
475:+1.87%
472:71,383
461:58,213
327:Khowar
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1031:Buner
998:Kohat
993:Karak
988:Hangu
980:Kohat
935:Allai
860:Bannu
852:Bannu
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607:Year
550:Wakhi
513:2023
502:2017
491:1998
480:1981
469:1972
458:1961
281:UTC+5
101:Top:
1061:Swat
902:Tank
710:2020
593:NA-1
447:Pop.
443:Year
402:Swat
382:Buni
338:Urdu
312:.gov
241:Area
192:Buni
183:2018
108:Buni
546:Kho
314:.pk
310:.kp
285:PST
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